Biography
Vijay Sethupathi's real name is Vijaya Gurunatha Sethupathi. He is an Indian film actor, producer, lyricist, and dialogue writer who appears in Tamil films. He was an accountant, before considering an acting career. Vijay Sethupathi was born in Rajapalayam, Virudhunagar District and moved to Chennai when he was in Class six. He did his schooling in MGR Higher Secondary School in Kodambakkam. According to Sethupathi, he was a "below-average student right from school" and was neither interested in sports nor extra-curricular activities.
He did a series of odd jobs for pocket money: Salesman at a retail store, cashier at a fast food joint and a phone booth operator. He graduated with a B.Com degree from DB Jain College in Thoraipakam, One week after he finished college, he joined as an account assistant at a wholesale cement business. He had to take care of three siblings and moved to Dubai, U.A.E as an accountant only because it paid him four times more than what he was making in India.
Unhappy with his job, he returned to India in 2003. He tied his knot to Jessy Sethupathi and they two children now Shreeja and Surya.
He was working as a background actor, playing minor supporting roles for over five years, before playing his first lead role in Seenu Ramasamy's Thenmerku Paruvakaatru (2010). He went on to star in Sundarapandian (2012), Pizza (2012), Naduvula Konjam Pakkatha Kaanom (2012) (which brought his initial recognition), Soodhu Kavvum (2013), Idharkuthane Aasaipattai Balakumara (2013), Naanum Rowdy Dhaan (2015) and Kadhalum Kadandhu Pogum (2016) which earned critical and commercial success, turned Vijay Sethupathi into a popular name in Tamil cinema.
